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No. 384,402. Patented June 12, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEtcE.

DANIEL E. TEAL, OF ONEIDA CASTLE, NEW YORK.

HAND-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,402, dated June 12,1888.

Application filed February 17, 1888. Serial No. 264,405. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I. DANIEL E. TEAL, of Oneida Castle, in the county ofOneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Hand-Carts, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to animprovementin hand-carts; and it consists incertain peculiarities of the construction and arrangement of the same,substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe 1tsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1. is a longitudinal vertical section of my device. Fig. 2is a top plan view of the rear end of the body and handles. Fig. 3 isarear elevation of my cart, and Fig. 4 is an en larged detail section ofthe manner of securing the frameand body portion together. Fig. 5 1s adetail section of a modified form of supporting-leg. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal section of a slight modification of my cart.

it represents the wheels, and a the axle,of my truck, provided with theflat springs aflformed with transverse corrugations, as shown in thedrawings. Upon the corrugated springs is supported the body I), which Ipreferably form of a sheet-metal blank having its edges stiffened andheld in place by being folded over a metal frame, Z), as will be clearlyseen in Fig. 4. At the rear end of the body, as will more clearly appearin Figs. 1 and 2', the side frame and end frame,b,are extended rearwarda short distance to form arms b and between these are secured the endsof the handles 0, secured by short pivot-bolts c and a through-bolt, c",as shown. This construction enables the through bolt to be removed andthe handles folded over into the truck-body, where they are outof theway for shipment or storage purposes.

At the lower forward corner of the body is hinged a supporting-standard,d, having a projection, d, which is engaged by a button, (1, on the rearof the body. When so secured, the standard is rigidly held in a verticalposition and supports the body, as in Fig. 1. By

turning aside the button the hinged standard is also readily folded upunder the body out of the way. v

It will be noted that the rear end of thebody is rounded up, and thatthe tops of the wheels are of sufficient height to rise above thebody.By this peculiar construction I am enabled to construct a truck, cheapand light, which is of especial value in use around truck-gardens, andwhich, when it is desired to dump it, is readily turned entirely over onits axle till the body is upside down, when it may be readily pushedaway from the dumped load by reason of the wheels rising above the body.

In some instances, where a lower truck is desired, I will use a droppedaxle, and thus lower the body to the proper degree.

It will be particularly noted that the metal frame which I useI preferto construct ofspringsteel, and thus when a heavy body of somewhatlarger size than the cart-body is placed therein the frame can give andexpand, but will spring back to place when the load is removed.

The peculiar mode of folding the side mate rial over the frame, asclearly seen in Fig. 4, gives me. an increased thickness of material,and is stronger than it it were riveted,and this enables me to uselighter material, and is more economical in manufacture.

I have shown in Fig. 5 a modified form of the standard orhinged leg,which is hinged to the body as before, but is provided with a crossbar,m, which is engaged bya spring, m, the end of which is bent back to formaguide for the bar m, and which spring firmly holds the leg either up ordown. A roller, a, is used on the lower end of the standard or leg insome cases. 9

In Fig. 6 I have shown a cart the body of which is higher than thewheels, and will often construct them so, in order that large articles,too large to go inside the body, may be carried on top of it and allowedto project over its 5 sides. I have also represented as pivoted upon theaxle a short arm, 0, the end of which is sometimes turned up into asocket, 0, or any suitable device for holding it under bottom of thebody. Two of these arms are used, one on each side of the body, and theyare found to be of great utility in rigidly supporting avery heavyloadandtakingits weightoffthe springs, which are usually made light, asshown. This device is readily shifted into and out of place, and hangsfrom the axle when not in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. A body for carts having a metal frame rectangular in cross-sectionand a sheet metal body having its edges folded around said frame and themain body of the metal overlapping its folded edge, as shown anddescribed.

2. In a garden-cart, the combination, with the body and the axle, of aninterposed sheetspring formed with transverse corrugations,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the body I), having its top frame extendedrearward to form the arms I), of the handles 0, secured in these arms bythe bolts 0 0 substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

nesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, 5

in the State of New York, this 31st day of De ccniber, 1887.

DANIEL E. TEAL.

Witnesses:

W. O. MCARTHUR, ARTHUR E. PARSONS.

